Dental
Larina Chu,dds INC.
Larina Chu,dds INC. was paid $2.78M by Medicaid between Mar 2021 and Dec 2024, across 27 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLARINA CHU,DDS INC.
APPLE VALLEY, CA 92307
APPLE VALLEY, CA 92307
33aNPI1710347521assigned 03/07/2016
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$2.78M
24GClaims88,559
24DCodes billed27
24AFirst – last monthMar 2021 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#78 of 332
Median peer was paid$450K
This provider vs. median6.2×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5,850 | $161K | |
| 2022 | 21,461 | $667K | |
| 2023 | 29,777 | $962K | |
| 2024incomplete | 31,471 | $994K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 19% | 10,743 | 10,727 | $536K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 15% | 6,126 | 6,122 | $425K |
| D1310 | 11% | 6,788 | 6,757 | $305K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 8.6% | 3,583 | 3,581 | $240K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 8.4% | 10,418 | 10,406 | $234K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.2% | 3,065 | 1,619 | $200K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 4.7% | 3,256 | 3,034 | $130K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 4.4% | 1,755 | 1,751 | $122K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 3.4% | 2,610 | 903 | $96K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 3.3% | 22,587 | 7,640 | $91K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.5% | 6,029 | 6,018 | $71K |
| D0603 | 2.1% | 4,021 | 4,010 | $59K |
15 more codes
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 2.0% | 472 | $56K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.8% | 871 | $50K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.6% | 861 | $46K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 253 | $25K |
| D0602 | <1% | 1,578 | $23K | |
| D9993 | <1% | 366 | $22K | |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 198 | $15K |
| D9430 | <1% | 381 | $12K | |
| D0350 | <1% | 1,439 | $10K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 497 | $6K |
| D0601 | <1% | 380 | $6K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 151 | $3K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 85 | $1K |
| D2330 | <1% | 17 | $1K | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 29 | $265.80 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialCHU, BRIAN (CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Brian & Larina Chu DDS INC | Victorville, CA | $11.40M |
| Brian Chu, D.D.S., INC. | Hesperia, CA | $686K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.